APUSH Final Part 1- Explorers

Prince Henry

1420, Portuguese Prince Known as the Henry the Navigator, gathered experts in science, mapmaking, and shipbuilding whose work led to a fleet of ships that explored the coast of west Africa

Gil Eannes

1434, 1st to sail past Cape Bojador; sent by Prince Henry the Navigator, responsible for bringing slaves to Portugal in 1444 to work on sugar plantations

Dias

1487, Portuguese explorer who in was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia)

Columbus

1492, Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China

Cabot

1497, Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland

de Gama

1497, This man sailed from Portugal around Africa to India.

Vespucci

1499, Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America

Cabral

1500, This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India

Balboa

1513, Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean

Cortes

1519, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

Magellan

1519, This was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world in service of spain

de Verrazzano

1524, Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America

de Vaca

1528, A Spanish conquistador who was looking for the legendary city of Cibola. He explored what is now Texas in 1528.

Pizzaro

1531, For Spain. led a small army in an invasion of the Inca Empire. He conquered the Inca and gained huge amounts of gold and silver for himself and Spain.

Cartier

1534, French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France

de Soto

1539, A Spanish conquistador who traveled through what is now Georgia looking for gold and riches. he was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1540.

de Coronado

1540, A Spanish conquistador, seeking wealth for self and country, who explored much of what is now the southwestern United States as he looked for the seven cities of gold

Hudson

1609, English navigator who discovered the Hudson River

Marquette

1673, French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)

de la Salle

1682, Claimed Mississippi Valley for France